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Issue #10673: Document that Process.exitcode can be used to determine timeout

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Patch by Tom Clark.
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Berker Peksag 2016-09-26 23:22:22 +03:00
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@ -496,6 +496,9 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the
If the optional argument *timeout* is ``None`` (the default), the method
blocks until the process whose :meth:`join` method is called terminates.
If *timeout* is a positive number, it blocks at most *timeout* seconds.
Note that the method returns ``None`` if its process terminates or if the
method times out. Check the process's :attr:`exitcode` to determine if
it terminated.
A process can be joined many times.